@article{f64a1eb868f248b9885390375780e7d7,
title = "Impact of changing the Japanese term for {"}schizophrenia{"} for reasons of stereotypical beliefs of schizophrenia in Japanese youth",
abstract = "The old term for schizophrenia, {"}Seishin-Bunretsu-Byo{"} (Mind-Split Disease), has been replaced by {"}Togo-Shitcho-Sho{"} (Integration Disorder) in Japan. Stigma research requiring individuals to report personal beliefs is useful but is subject to social desirability bias. Using the Implicit Association Test, a measurement designed to minimize this bias, we assessed the impact of this renaming on the stereotype of schizophrenia held by a younger generation. The old term was strongly associated with {"}criminal{"}, and this association became significantly weaker with the new term. The strategy of renaming holds considerable promise for tempering negative bias toward this disorder in Japan.",
keywords = "Implicit association test, Renaming, Schizophrenia, Stigma",
author = "Hidehiko Takahashi and Takashi Ideno and Shigetaka Okubo and Hiroshi Matsui and Kazuhisa Takemura and Masato Matsuura and Motoichiro Kato and Yoshiro Okubo",
note = "Funding Information: Funding for this study was provided by a Health and Labor Sciences Research Grant for Comprehensive Research on Disability Health and Welfare (H20-SYOGAI-011) from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; the sponsor had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. ",
year = "2009",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.schres.2009.03.037",
language = "English",
volume = "112",
pages = "149--152",
journal = "Schizophrenia Research",
issn = "0920-9964",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "1-3",
}